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Islamic Movement In Nigerian: Kaduna won't turn to breeding Ground For Boko haram - Kaduna Youth Reply Borno Elders

Islamic Movement In Nigerian: Kaduna won't turn to breeding Ground For Boko haram - Kaduna Youth Reply Borno Elders

Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN)
A youth group, the Kaduna Youth Coalition for Peace and Development on Friday backed the Kaduna state White paper on the Zaria clashes which designated the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) as an insurgent group.

The youths were responding to a letter purportedly written to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Borno Elders Forum in which they warned that the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) could become the next Boko Haram because Kaduna State Government has designated it an insurgent group.


Addressing a press briefing in Kaduna, President of the group, Peter Bawa urged the Government not to deal with the IMN with kid gloves, saying it was this same tactics the Borno elders used to blackmail the people until the Boko Haram became a monster.

Bawa expressed shock that even when notable islamic organisations like MURIC has denounce the group, they seem to be enjoying the backing of the Borno elders. He said such backing is suspicious.

He recalled that in the early days of the Boko Haram insurgency in the north east, the elders had kicked against military operations, claiming the government was committing genocide against people of the north.

He accused the Borno Elders of desperation to export terror to other parts of Nigeria now that the Boko Haram insurgency has been defeated in their domain and the regular settlement money they were getting under the previous administration has dried up.

He said, "At the inception of Boko Haram as a ragtag group of misguided youths that were flogging women for not dressing the way they expected, these same Borno Elders kept quiet. When the fanatical youths began targeted assassinations the elders only paid condolence visits at which they gloat over the demise of their perceived political rivals. Even when the terrorism of their protégés spilled all over the country they continue to implore that their sons should be spared and not be treated as terrorists that they are.

"It was only when the Borno Elders became the target of their own sins did they started fleeing into Abuja and Kano, leaving the less fortunate part of the population in IDPs camps did these remorseless men realise the magnitude of their error.

"The terrorists that they groomed have done a good job of their communities such that there is not much to destroy again. These elderly opportunists have therefore thought the best thing is to prop up an emerging terror group in a new geographical area for the purpose of repeating the circle of extortion they deployed Boko Haram for in the north east.

"We like to ask the Borno Elders to go back and do their home work, conduct research and learn that
Kaduna and Borno States have clear differences when it comes to issues of dealing with insurgents or groups that have consistently demonstrated anti-society tendencies.

He said in contrast, the people of Kaduna state endured the excesses of IMN, particularly in Gyallesu where they visited untold hardship on the populace for decades.

According to Bawa, this tolerance for the group was out of the realisation that every faith and sect, including those whose doctrines may be befuddling, are entitled to their freedom of worship.

He said things however came to a head when it was discovered that members of the IMN were engaged in martial training, radicalisation and militarisation of youths.

He said, "if that was not bad enough, when assassination bid on senior state officials in the wake of repeated threats became the order of the day the entire state was jolted to reality.

"But unlike Borno Elders, the people of the state, including the brother of IMN Leader, Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky, came forward to testify before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry that investigated the group’s clash with the Nigerian Army.

"The White Paper that is the end product of that Commission labelled IMN as an insurgent group and backed the decision of the stat government to outlaw the fanatical outfit."
Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN)
A youth group, the Kaduna Youth Coalition for Peace and Development on Friday backed the Kaduna state White paper on the Zaria clashes which designated the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) as an insurgent group.

The youths were responding to a letter purportedly written to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Borno Elders Forum in which they warned that the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) could become the next Boko Haram because Kaduna State Government has designated it an insurgent group.


Addressing a press briefing in Kaduna, President of the group, Peter Bawa urged the Government not to deal with the IMN with kid gloves, saying it was this same tactics the Borno elders used to blackmail the people until the Boko Haram became a monster.

Bawa expressed shock that even when notable islamic organisations like MURIC has denounce the group, they seem to be enjoying the backing of the Borno elders. He said such backing is suspicious.

He recalled that in the early days of the Boko Haram insurgency in the north east, the elders had kicked against military operations, claiming the government was committing genocide against people of the north.

He accused the Borno Elders of desperation to export terror to other parts of Nigeria now that the Boko Haram insurgency has been defeated in their domain and the regular settlement money they were getting under the previous administration has dried up.

He said, "At the inception of Boko Haram as a ragtag group of misguided youths that were flogging women for not dressing the way they expected, these same Borno Elders kept quiet. When the fanatical youths began targeted assassinations the elders only paid condolence visits at which they gloat over the demise of their perceived political rivals. Even when the terrorism of their protégés spilled all over the country they continue to implore that their sons should be spared and not be treated as terrorists that they are.

"It was only when the Borno Elders became the target of their own sins did they started fleeing into Abuja and Kano, leaving the less fortunate part of the population in IDPs camps did these remorseless men realise the magnitude of their error.

"The terrorists that they groomed have done a good job of their communities such that there is not much to destroy again. These elderly opportunists have therefore thought the best thing is to prop up an emerging terror group in a new geographical area for the purpose of repeating the circle of extortion they deployed Boko Haram for in the north east.

"We like to ask the Borno Elders to go back and do their home work, conduct research and learn that
Kaduna and Borno States have clear differences when it comes to issues of dealing with insurgents or groups that have consistently demonstrated anti-society tendencies.

He said in contrast, the people of Kaduna state endured the excesses of IMN, particularly in Gyallesu where they visited untold hardship on the populace for decades.

According to Bawa, this tolerance for the group was out of the realisation that every faith and sect, including those whose doctrines may be befuddling, are entitled to their freedom of worship.

He said things however came to a head when it was discovered that members of the IMN were engaged in martial training, radicalisation and militarisation of youths.

He said, "if that was not bad enough, when assassination bid on senior state officials in the wake of repeated threats became the order of the day the entire state was jolted to reality.

"But unlike Borno Elders, the people of the state, including the brother of IMN Leader, Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky, came forward to testify before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry that investigated the group’s clash with the Nigerian Army.

"The White Paper that is the end product of that Commission labelled IMN as an insurgent group and backed the decision of the stat government to outlaw the fanatical outfit."

COURT Orders Immediate Release of Shiite Leader, El-Zakzaky

COURT Orders Immediate Release of Shiite Leader, El-Zakzaky

Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky
An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Friday, December 2 ordered the release of the leader of the Shi’a Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.

Mr. El-Zakzaky was arrested by the military on December 14, 2015, after a clash between the movement and officers of the Nigerian army.

The army killed at least 347 members of the group.

Mr. El-Zakzaky approached the court to demand his release, months after he was arrested without being charged to Court.


He asked the Court to declare that his arrest and continued detention violated his fundamental rights.

His lawyer, Femi Falana, said the court should declare that the continued detention of his client without charging him, was unlawful.

Delivering the judgement, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, rejected the submission of the counsel to the State Security Service, Tijjani Gazali, that Mr. El-Zakzaky was kept in protective custody of the SSS.
Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky
An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Friday, December 2 ordered the release of the leader of the Shi’a Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.

Mr. El-Zakzaky was arrested by the military on December 14, 2015, after a clash between the movement and officers of the Nigerian army.

The army killed at least 347 members of the group.

Mr. El-Zakzaky approached the court to demand his release, months after he was arrested without being charged to Court.


He asked the Court to declare that his arrest and continued detention violated his fundamental rights.

His lawyer, Femi Falana, said the court should declare that the continued detention of his client without charging him, was unlawful.

Delivering the judgement, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, rejected the submission of the counsel to the State Security Service, Tijjani Gazali, that Mr. El-Zakzaky was kept in protective custody of the SSS.

IMN: Understanding Nigerians' Disdain For Terrorism, By Charles Ibekwe

IMN: Understanding Nigerians' Disdain For Terrorism, By Charles Ibekwe

Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky
These are certainly not the best of times for members of the Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky led Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) or the Nigerian Shiites. Their actions in the recent past have provoked very damning consequences for the sect members, much more as Nigerians are convinced of its links to the ISIS of Iran.

In the near 40 years history of its existence in Nigeria, the Shiites have steadily earned for themselves the reputation of violent extremists, destroyers and lawbreakers, whose impunity has extended to frequent violent attacks on security agents. In Shiites, Nigerians see a personification of brutality and the latest discovery of its hidden agenda to introduce another version of terrorism in Nigeria has compelled different segments of the Nigerian society to outrightly denounce and ex-communicate them.

By implication, the entire Nigerian state has risen against the IMN members, as other Muslims and communities do not wish to have anything to do with the Shiites. They are even rejected as neighbors to anyone, a stigma they are battling so hard to conceal.


The Nigerian Shiites have attracted this ignominy based on some of their unacceptable actions and inclination to violence. In December last year, the Shiites attacked the convoy of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Tukur Buratai in Zaria Kaduna state. The IMN blocked his way and rejected all entreaties to have the road open for the Army boss to have a thoroughfare. The ensuing violent encounters led to deaths.

Similarly, earlier this month, the Shiites again, under the leadership of Sheik Sanusi Abdulkadir Koki attacked the Nigerian police in Kano state for daring to stop their annual procession for this year’s annual Arbaeen Trek to Zaria, an event that mourns the martyrdom of Imam Husain (AS). The Police which had declared the procession illegal, attempted to stop them, but were met with stiff resistance, as the sect members permanently armed, unleashed violence on the Police, leading to deaths and injuries to officers.

Thus, Nigerians cannot discern why the Shiites in Nigeria worship on streets/roads with long processions, instead of the mosque like other Muslims. And during such offensive processions, the sect members are usually armed to the teeth with dangerous weapons, they deploy to use without provocation. The atrocities of IMN members have been manifold and following the recent calls by Shiek Koki for its members never to obey the laws of the land, has further alienated them from the clan of sane people and the Nigerian masses who have become increasingly repulsive of the Shiites with their violent versions of Islam.

Protests against the Nigerian Shiites have taken place variously in America, United Kingdom, and Malaysia and indeed, in other parts of the world denouncing Shiites whose penchant to violence and its frequent attacks on security agents has assumed a dangerous impunity.

For instance, Nigerians in the United States of America protested against the liberty extended to the Shiites by the FGN and sued for the prosecution of leader of the sect and the members. Operating under the aegis of Movement of the People of Nigeria, Cosmas Collins, the US Coordinator of the group which staged a protest at United Nations Building and Nigeria House in New York frowned at the non-prosecution of El-Zakzaky.

He said, “Failure to prosecute these people, including El-Zakyzaky is making other groups think of coming out because it is now believed that it is fashionable to take on the state without consequences. The government must not also omit to consider bringing charges of subversion against members of the group for inviting Iranian intervention in Nigeria’s internal affairs. As a prelude to this, the government should investigate the finances of the group and its senior members to see if they have been beneficiary of Iranian sponsorship of terrorism”.

Back home in Nigeria, the Shiites are also rejected as no one is willing to associate or transact business with them. Saminaka, headquarters of Lere in Kaduna State recently demonstrated this aversion to the Shiites as both Christian and Muslim communities protested against the Shiites' plan to erect a building in the community. 
The provincial pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Mr. Oludare Ojo led the protests as he wrote to CAN kicking against the location of a Shiites' site near the church premises.

Ojo said “They are not comfortable since it is located directly in front of the church”. The pastor feared that with the recent incidents of violence initiated by the group in the country, its proximity to the Church was a threat. While Christians are protesting Muslims too have joined in rejecting IMN sect members.

Muslim clerics in the area equally alerted the Sarkin Saminaka and security agencies of threats by members of the community to forcefully destroy the site of the Shiite building if allowed to be erected.

In Kano state, Shiites protests for the release of El-Zakzaky provoked residents who massively ganged up to chase them away. A coalition of civil society organizations have at different times lashed out at the Shiites, calling for their prosecution over acts of violence and treason.

The rejection of Shiites has become so pronounced that even Shiites spokesman Ibrahim Musa recently lamented that, “When we were with other Muslims, they said they don’t want us and that is why we decided to build our centre here. The building is just an Islamic centre. We also have an Islamic school there in Saminaka. People who are against us, like the Izaila, those Muslims who go on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia are the ones against us. We have a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O).”

The implication of this widespread rejection of the Shiites in Nigeria means their doctrines are detestable and they are no longer needed in a peaceful country like Nigeria. This has already been expressed in the IMN's ban by the Kaduna State Government and its replication in Kano and other places in the North.

What their Iranian collaborators intends to achieve through the IMN has been discovered quite early and the Nigerian Shiites are free to relocate to the abodes of their paymasters in Iran. But what has remained certain is that Nigeria would never be anywhere near Syria and Iran where the ISIS have found as a fertile ground to destabilize through their noxious campaigns of religion. Nigerians would not overlook their garments of terrorism.

A civil rights activist contributed this piece from 5 New Haven Avenue, Enugu State.
Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky
These are certainly not the best of times for members of the Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky led Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) or the Nigerian Shiites. Their actions in the recent past have provoked very damning consequences for the sect members, much more as Nigerians are convinced of its links to the ISIS of Iran.

In the near 40 years history of its existence in Nigeria, the Shiites have steadily earned for themselves the reputation of violent extremists, destroyers and lawbreakers, whose impunity has extended to frequent violent attacks on security agents. In Shiites, Nigerians see a personification of brutality and the latest discovery of its hidden agenda to introduce another version of terrorism in Nigeria has compelled different segments of the Nigerian society to outrightly denounce and ex-communicate them.

By implication, the entire Nigerian state has risen against the IMN members, as other Muslims and communities do not wish to have anything to do with the Shiites. They are even rejected as neighbors to anyone, a stigma they are battling so hard to conceal.


The Nigerian Shiites have attracted this ignominy based on some of their unacceptable actions and inclination to violence. In December last year, the Shiites attacked the convoy of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Tukur Buratai in Zaria Kaduna state. The IMN blocked his way and rejected all entreaties to have the road open for the Army boss to have a thoroughfare. The ensuing violent encounters led to deaths.

Similarly, earlier this month, the Shiites again, under the leadership of Sheik Sanusi Abdulkadir Koki attacked the Nigerian police in Kano state for daring to stop their annual procession for this year’s annual Arbaeen Trek to Zaria, an event that mourns the martyrdom of Imam Husain (AS). The Police which had declared the procession illegal, attempted to stop them, but were met with stiff resistance, as the sect members permanently armed, unleashed violence on the Police, leading to deaths and injuries to officers.

Thus, Nigerians cannot discern why the Shiites in Nigeria worship on streets/roads with long processions, instead of the mosque like other Muslims. And during such offensive processions, the sect members are usually armed to the teeth with dangerous weapons, they deploy to use without provocation. The atrocities of IMN members have been manifold and following the recent calls by Shiek Koki for its members never to obey the laws of the land, has further alienated them from the clan of sane people and the Nigerian masses who have become increasingly repulsive of the Shiites with their violent versions of Islam.

Protests against the Nigerian Shiites have taken place variously in America, United Kingdom, and Malaysia and indeed, in other parts of the world denouncing Shiites whose penchant to violence and its frequent attacks on security agents has assumed a dangerous impunity.

For instance, Nigerians in the United States of America protested against the liberty extended to the Shiites by the FGN and sued for the prosecution of leader of the sect and the members. Operating under the aegis of Movement of the People of Nigeria, Cosmas Collins, the US Coordinator of the group which staged a protest at United Nations Building and Nigeria House in New York frowned at the non-prosecution of El-Zakzaky.

He said, “Failure to prosecute these people, including El-Zakyzaky is making other groups think of coming out because it is now believed that it is fashionable to take on the state without consequences. The government must not also omit to consider bringing charges of subversion against members of the group for inviting Iranian intervention in Nigeria’s internal affairs. As a prelude to this, the government should investigate the finances of the group and its senior members to see if they have been beneficiary of Iranian sponsorship of terrorism”.

Back home in Nigeria, the Shiites are also rejected as no one is willing to associate or transact business with them. Saminaka, headquarters of Lere in Kaduna State recently demonstrated this aversion to the Shiites as both Christian and Muslim communities protested against the Shiites' plan to erect a building in the community. 
The provincial pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Mr. Oludare Ojo led the protests as he wrote to CAN kicking against the location of a Shiites' site near the church premises.

Ojo said “They are not comfortable since it is located directly in front of the church”. The pastor feared that with the recent incidents of violence initiated by the group in the country, its proximity to the Church was a threat. While Christians are protesting Muslims too have joined in rejecting IMN sect members.

Muslim clerics in the area equally alerted the Sarkin Saminaka and security agencies of threats by members of the community to forcefully destroy the site of the Shiite building if allowed to be erected.

In Kano state, Shiites protests for the release of El-Zakzaky provoked residents who massively ganged up to chase them away. A coalition of civil society organizations have at different times lashed out at the Shiites, calling for their prosecution over acts of violence and treason.

The rejection of Shiites has become so pronounced that even Shiites spokesman Ibrahim Musa recently lamented that, “When we were with other Muslims, they said they don’t want us and that is why we decided to build our centre here. The building is just an Islamic centre. We also have an Islamic school there in Saminaka. People who are against us, like the Izaila, those Muslims who go on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia are the ones against us. We have a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O).”

The implication of this widespread rejection of the Shiites in Nigeria means their doctrines are detestable and they are no longer needed in a peaceful country like Nigeria. This has already been expressed in the IMN's ban by the Kaduna State Government and its replication in Kano and other places in the North.

What their Iranian collaborators intends to achieve through the IMN has been discovered quite early and the Nigerian Shiites are free to relocate to the abodes of their paymasters in Iran. But what has remained certain is that Nigeria would never be anywhere near Syria and Iran where the ISIS have found as a fertile ground to destabilize through their noxious campaigns of religion. Nigerians would not overlook their garments of terrorism.

A civil rights activist contributed this piece from 5 New Haven Avenue, Enugu State.

Kolawole Anthony: Now That Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Has Attacked The Police

Kolawole Anthony: Now That Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Has Attacked The Police

Kolawole Anthony: Now That Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Has Attacked The Police
Nigeria is in the grip of terrorists' groups. Boko Haram is being degraded in the North-East. Niger-Delta militants could soon be pacified at talks in the South-South. Separatists in the South-East are tending towards intellectual struggle. Only the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) is proving recalcitrant.

IMN extremism is spreading. The group is no longer confined to what used to be it's enclave in Zaria, Kaduna state. It is desirous of spreading it's influence – Plateau, Niger, Katsina, Kano, Sokoto, Yobe and other northern states are in it's crosshair for the short term. In the wake of an outright ban of it's activities by the Kaduna State Government it is looking to test the waters in other states. Any willing state becomes the new hub for it's criminal precessions. Governors of neighbouring states to Kaduna must be bold to confront this threat.

IMN is testing the waters elsewhere. It found the Nigerian Army formidable and beat a tactical retreat. It fights the army and wages war against the military in the media and cyberspace. It's experience cannot be disregarded. Iran provides tactical training for fighting on the streets while unleashing propaganda in the media and online. The truth placed the military above IMN.


The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is IMN's new test case. It appears to want to use it's failed strategy against the army on the NPF. Fanatics attacked policemen on legitimate duty to stop a protest in Kano. They were intent on killing other Nigerians. Previous lies about being the victim instead of the problem was a perfect cover for the sectarian fanatics. They expected the police to stay quiet while officers and men are slaughtered like sacrificial lamb. They have ramped up the propaganda that the police is an execution squad. The lies would be repeated all over again.

The lies were coded by Iran. Proxies in Nigeria would deliver them. Dangerously Iran is sending more than lies to Nigeria. IMN members go to the Islamic Republic to acquire fighting skills. Iran sends in experts to manage propaganda for IMN. We are all reeling from the deluge of misinformation that proceed from this crime.

Iran tramples our sovereignty. IMN is it's fighting force in Nigeria. The Islamic Republic is invading Nigeria by proxy. If the Iranian Revolutionary Guards were to invade our country there would be global outcry. Such invasion would violate all known international conventions. Each country has the right to manage its internal affairs.
But using IMN as it's fighting force in Nigeria is not alarming to the world. The outcry from several concerned Nigerians and patriotic groups are ignored. Iran ensures that, each time IMN attacks state institutions, She is on standby with it's Ambassador to deploy resources to fight for the extremists. The strategy has been consistent, limiting the ability of security agencies to respond to terrorist threats using human rights as the weapon.
The same strategy is being deployed against the police. Iran pretends the police is executing Shiites. No one talks about the men killed in the course of doing their legitimate work. They are seen as not having families. IMN pretends security agencies are on a mission to clamp down on sectarian freedom. They do not highlight how Nigerians rejected Iranian occupation when they were stopped in several cities from hiding under Ashura processions to commit terror acts. Nigerians fought against foreign repression.
Now that IMN has turned its attention to the Nigerian Police we should be worried. It marks a growing boldness on the part of a group positioning to be the next terror group. If the police gets drawn into the IMN quicksand it will cripple its ability to fight crimes. All IMN criminality would be covered with informal immunity that the group desperately seeks. Other Nigerians would be left at the mercy of the extremists group's reign of terror. Zaria would be visited upon all of us. We cannot afford that.
Other nations must rise up to condemn Iran's interference with Nigeria's internal affairs. The Islamic Republic must be told to keep its international export of terror away from Nigeria in the interest of global peace. A destabilisation of Nigeria will have consequences for the entire globe. The entire African continent would be impacted. A global meltdown is the least that will be expected.
The recent IMN clash with Police in Kano is therefore not a headache for the NPF alone. It is not even headache for the Nigerian state alone. It is a concern that the world must tackle with dispatch. The concern should be underscored by the recalcitrance of IMN where other security concerns in Nigeria are tending towards solutions. Global pressure must thus be brought to bear in stopping Iranian support for IMN. Without Iranian support the IMN threat will dissipate. This is the direction the nations of earth should tread. They must also back Nigeria in designating IMN as a terror group.

Kolawole Phd is a University lecturer and contributed this article from Keffi, Nasarawa State.
Kolawole Anthony: Now That Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Has Attacked The Police
Nigeria is in the grip of terrorists' groups. Boko Haram is being degraded in the North-East. Niger-Delta militants could soon be pacified at talks in the South-South. Separatists in the South-East are tending towards intellectual struggle. Only the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) is proving recalcitrant.

IMN extremism is spreading. The group is no longer confined to what used to be it's enclave in Zaria, Kaduna state. It is desirous of spreading it's influence – Plateau, Niger, Katsina, Kano, Sokoto, Yobe and other northern states are in it's crosshair for the short term. In the wake of an outright ban of it's activities by the Kaduna State Government it is looking to test the waters in other states. Any willing state becomes the new hub for it's criminal precessions. Governors of neighbouring states to Kaduna must be bold to confront this threat.

IMN is testing the waters elsewhere. It found the Nigerian Army formidable and beat a tactical retreat. It fights the army and wages war against the military in the media and cyberspace. It's experience cannot be disregarded. Iran provides tactical training for fighting on the streets while unleashing propaganda in the media and online. The truth placed the military above IMN.


The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is IMN's new test case. It appears to want to use it's failed strategy against the army on the NPF. Fanatics attacked policemen on legitimate duty to stop a protest in Kano. They were intent on killing other Nigerians. Previous lies about being the victim instead of the problem was a perfect cover for the sectarian fanatics. They expected the police to stay quiet while officers and men are slaughtered like sacrificial lamb. They have ramped up the propaganda that the police is an execution squad. The lies would be repeated all over again.

The lies were coded by Iran. Proxies in Nigeria would deliver them. Dangerously Iran is sending more than lies to Nigeria. IMN members go to the Islamic Republic to acquire fighting skills. Iran sends in experts to manage propaganda for IMN. We are all reeling from the deluge of misinformation that proceed from this crime.

Iran tramples our sovereignty. IMN is it's fighting force in Nigeria. The Islamic Republic is invading Nigeria by proxy. If the Iranian Revolutionary Guards were to invade our country there would be global outcry. Such invasion would violate all known international conventions. Each country has the right to manage its internal affairs.
But using IMN as it's fighting force in Nigeria is not alarming to the world. The outcry from several concerned Nigerians and patriotic groups are ignored. Iran ensures that, each time IMN attacks state institutions, She is on standby with it's Ambassador to deploy resources to fight for the extremists. The strategy has been consistent, limiting the ability of security agencies to respond to terrorist threats using human rights as the weapon.
The same strategy is being deployed against the police. Iran pretends the police is executing Shiites. No one talks about the men killed in the course of doing their legitimate work. They are seen as not having families. IMN pretends security agencies are on a mission to clamp down on sectarian freedom. They do not highlight how Nigerians rejected Iranian occupation when they were stopped in several cities from hiding under Ashura processions to commit terror acts. Nigerians fought against foreign repression.
Now that IMN has turned its attention to the Nigerian Police we should be worried. It marks a growing boldness on the part of a group positioning to be the next terror group. If the police gets drawn into the IMN quicksand it will cripple its ability to fight crimes. All IMN criminality would be covered with informal immunity that the group desperately seeks. Other Nigerians would be left at the mercy of the extremists group's reign of terror. Zaria would be visited upon all of us. We cannot afford that.
Other nations must rise up to condemn Iran's interference with Nigeria's internal affairs. The Islamic Republic must be told to keep its international export of terror away from Nigeria in the interest of global peace. A destabilisation of Nigeria will have consequences for the entire globe. The entire African continent would be impacted. A global meltdown is the least that will be expected.
The recent IMN clash with Police in Kano is therefore not a headache for the NPF alone. It is not even headache for the Nigerian state alone. It is a concern that the world must tackle with dispatch. The concern should be underscored by the recalcitrance of IMN where other security concerns in Nigeria are tending towards solutions. Global pressure must thus be brought to bear in stopping Iranian support for IMN. Without Iranian support the IMN threat will dissipate. This is the direction the nations of earth should tread. They must also back Nigeria in designating IMN as a terror group.

Kolawole Phd is a University lecturer and contributed this article from Keffi, Nasarawa State.

Re: Nigeria Must Not Transform The Shiites Into Enemies, By Abiodun Israel

Re: Nigeria Must Not Transform The Shiites Into Enemies, By Abiodun Israel

Islamic Movement in Nigeria
The editorial of any newspaper is a powerful tool. It often gives insight into the position that an organisation takes on crucial national issues and its pronouncements are usually tempered by measured caution to ensure that the newspaper does not lose its credibility or respect among readers. It is equally imperative that editorials take the additional precaution of not been seen to endorse criminal or volatile positions so that the proponents of such do not cite the newspaper as the source of their authority in commission of further crimes.


This understanding was not lost on a respectable online newspaper that published an editorial "Nigeria Must Not Transform The Shiites Into Enemies" on Friday October 21, 2016 in which it tenuously attempted to make a case for the Shiites in Nigeria as typified by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) to continue undermining the state. The editorial also tried to criminalise not just the Nigerian state but also strategic institutions like the Nigerian Army and the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Kaduna state government to investigate a deadly IMN-Army clash in December 2015.

Read in isolation, the editorial in question is a wake up call that would challenge even the most obtuse government. The other stories, features and opinion articles that the newspaper had been running in recent times however took the wind out of its official position as the direction of the editorial fits smugly into what has been canvassed by supposedly independent contributors. It therefore oozes of being part of a larger communication campaign that is meant to catalyse particular actions.

Before the entire country becomes enslaved to a vocal minority, it is vital to correct some wrong premises advanced in the recent array of write ups like the editorial. The imperative to correct the misimpressions becomes even more urgent upon the realisation that in this age where researchers rely on internet searches, there is a concert effort to saturate the online servers with wrong information that would in the nearest future be referenced as facts.

When citing recent incidents around the IMN in the course of discussing the need for religious tolerance, protection of minorities and respect for human rights, it is important to resist the temptation to set out portraying the group with its members as victims and the rest of the country as aggressors. The inherent danger in doing this is that the infractions, shortcomings and crimes committed by the militant or extremists wings of the IMN are glossed over and they go away with the impression that they have done no wrong. It becomes more dangerous when other groups or even the moderate elements of the IMN are encouraged to adopt similar behaviours.

Secondly, no group, least of all the IMN should be encouraged to disregard state institutions – statutory or ad-hoc. IMN's decision to boycott the Kaduna State Judicial Commission of Inquiry was wrongly justified on the supposed grounds that they have no confidence in some of its members. This was the same way several publications and commentators actively encouraged the sect's members to stay away from the panel, which has proven to be a mistake as it turned out that the findings are binding on IMN as things stand. They threw away the chance to present their own accounts of events and they cannot now expect the rest of the country to not believe that their boycott has nothing to do with their rejection of a secular state.

The Army, which got its fair share of blame even after appearing with an array of legal experts, now know where to make amends. The Army is a national institution and would never be disbanded to service the interest of any group or organisation even when such entities are known to have active support from foreign donors to constantly make Nigeria look like a basket case. This is one reality we are forced to live with and the best that can happen is to continue pressing for individuals that erred to account for their action but not asking to subvert the Army for IMN.
Furthermore, the trend of condemning decisions taken by state governments in pursuit of safeguarding the rest of the population from the handful of Shiites must be discontinued. States do not have the responsibility to pander to IMN's extreme expectations of being allowed to torment others with obstructive processions with members known to have been militarised. The responsibility is to each an every citizens who have the right of access on public road, the right not to be under constant threats and others.

Newspaper organisations that accept the brief to make IMN's excesses appear like legitimate exercise of their right to free worship, association and expression must as a matter of fairness execute similar briefs for other minorities pro-bono. Such organisations should defend the rights of Ombatse members to slaughter security operatives as part of their expression of religious freedom. They should defend the child burning fanatics who label minors as witches in order to kill them as merely expressing a minority religious view same way they should protect rapist charlatans that hide under the cover of religion. Ritual killers who believe in dismembering other humans to get ingredients for their money making séances are also practicing their faith and would demand protection by the same token. While at it they should not forget that Boko Haram terrorists have never seen themselves as anything but enforcers of a religion in spite of their sick perversions, they too should get the sympathies that would provoke favourable editorials.

On a more serious note, the reality is that we must look beyond the superficial and a mindless sense of vendetta that has driven most of the pro-IMN communication. It is only then that it would become clearer that it is this group that has made Nigeria the enemy and not the other way round. Instead of helping to convey and amplify IMN threats, newspapers that are truly objective and desirous of making a deference should fashion out an enlightenment series targeted at de-radicalisation of those that have been thought to rise up against the secular state.

Abiodun writes from Ibadan, Oyo State.

Islamic Movement in Nigeria
The editorial of any newspaper is a powerful tool. It often gives insight into the position that an organisation takes on crucial national issues and its pronouncements are usually tempered by measured caution to ensure that the newspaper does not lose its credibility or respect among readers. It is equally imperative that editorials take the additional precaution of not been seen to endorse criminal or volatile positions so that the proponents of such do not cite the newspaper as the source of their authority in commission of further crimes.


This understanding was not lost on a respectable online newspaper that published an editorial "Nigeria Must Not Transform The Shiites Into Enemies" on Friday October 21, 2016 in which it tenuously attempted to make a case for the Shiites in Nigeria as typified by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) to continue undermining the state. The editorial also tried to criminalise not just the Nigerian state but also strategic institutions like the Nigerian Army and the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Kaduna state government to investigate a deadly IMN-Army clash in December 2015.

Read in isolation, the editorial in question is a wake up call that would challenge even the most obtuse government. The other stories, features and opinion articles that the newspaper had been running in recent times however took the wind out of its official position as the direction of the editorial fits smugly into what has been canvassed by supposedly independent contributors. It therefore oozes of being part of a larger communication campaign that is meant to catalyse particular actions.

Before the entire country becomes enslaved to a vocal minority, it is vital to correct some wrong premises advanced in the recent array of write ups like the editorial. The imperative to correct the misimpressions becomes even more urgent upon the realisation that in this age where researchers rely on internet searches, there is a concert effort to saturate the online servers with wrong information that would in the nearest future be referenced as facts.

When citing recent incidents around the IMN in the course of discussing the need for religious tolerance, protection of minorities and respect for human rights, it is important to resist the temptation to set out portraying the group with its members as victims and the rest of the country as aggressors. The inherent danger in doing this is that the infractions, shortcomings and crimes committed by the militant or extremists wings of the IMN are glossed over and they go away with the impression that they have done no wrong. It becomes more dangerous when other groups or even the moderate elements of the IMN are encouraged to adopt similar behaviours.

Secondly, no group, least of all the IMN should be encouraged to disregard state institutions – statutory or ad-hoc. IMN's decision to boycott the Kaduna State Judicial Commission of Inquiry was wrongly justified on the supposed grounds that they have no confidence in some of its members. This was the same way several publications and commentators actively encouraged the sect's members to stay away from the panel, which has proven to be a mistake as it turned out that the findings are binding on IMN as things stand. They threw away the chance to present their own accounts of events and they cannot now expect the rest of the country to not believe that their boycott has nothing to do with their rejection of a secular state.

The Army, which got its fair share of blame even after appearing with an array of legal experts, now know where to make amends. The Army is a national institution and would never be disbanded to service the interest of any group or organisation even when such entities are known to have active support from foreign donors to constantly make Nigeria look like a basket case. This is one reality we are forced to live with and the best that can happen is to continue pressing for individuals that erred to account for their action but not asking to subvert the Army for IMN.
Furthermore, the trend of condemning decisions taken by state governments in pursuit of safeguarding the rest of the population from the handful of Shiites must be discontinued. States do not have the responsibility to pander to IMN's extreme expectations of being allowed to torment others with obstructive processions with members known to have been militarised. The responsibility is to each an every citizens who have the right of access on public road, the right not to be under constant threats and others.

Newspaper organisations that accept the brief to make IMN's excesses appear like legitimate exercise of their right to free worship, association and expression must as a matter of fairness execute similar briefs for other minorities pro-bono. Such organisations should defend the rights of Ombatse members to slaughter security operatives as part of their expression of religious freedom. They should defend the child burning fanatics who label minors as witches in order to kill them as merely expressing a minority religious view same way they should protect rapist charlatans that hide under the cover of religion. Ritual killers who believe in dismembering other humans to get ingredients for their money making séances are also practicing their faith and would demand protection by the same token. While at it they should not forget that Boko Haram terrorists have never seen themselves as anything but enforcers of a religion in spite of their sick perversions, they too should get the sympathies that would provoke favourable editorials.

On a more serious note, the reality is that we must look beyond the superficial and a mindless sense of vendetta that has driven most of the pro-IMN communication. It is only then that it would become clearer that it is this group that has made Nigeria the enemy and not the other way round. Instead of helping to convey and amplify IMN threats, newspapers that are truly objective and desirous of making a deference should fashion out an enlightenment series targeted at de-radicalisation of those that have been thought to rise up against the secular state.

Abiodun writes from Ibadan, Oyo State.

Shiism And the People's Fury, By David Sani

Shiism And the People's Fury, By David Sani

Shiism And the People's Fury, By David Sani
The fear that several persons and organizations had repeatedly expressed over the growing extremism of the Shiite sect in the country was finally proven on Wednesday October 12, 2016 when sectarian violence left as many as dozen persons dead across several cities in the north. Incidents involving an outlawed group of the sect, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) stretched from Plateau to Sokoto state with Kaduna, Katsina and Kano recording major confrontations. 

Concerns about IMN's propensity for mindless violence first heightened almost a year ago when the now proscribed group reportedly made an attempt on the life of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), LT. Gen. TY Buratai. Naturally, the widespread condemnation of the military response to that threat was in favour of IMN. The lone voices that tried pricking the national conscience to take a holistic view of the sect were mostly shouted down. 


The report from the public hearing of the Kaduna State Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the incident and later a report from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) found that IMN was not what it seemed. Both reports stopped short of naming it as a terror organization – this reluctance to appropriately designate the Shiite radical group is in keeping with the culture of political correctness that allowed Boko Haram to mature into a monster before our very eyes. 

Albeit almost belately, Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, finally marshalled the political will to rely on existing laws and proscribed the IMN which happened to be operating illegally as it was not duly registered. It was also found, as found in the two reports mentioned above, to be radical, confrontational, abridging others' freedom of movement, substantially militarized as well as recruiting and radicalizing youths. 

Unfortunately, years of infiltrating the system and a deep pocket funded by the Islamic Republic of Iran meant that IMN has been able to mount a campaign of calumny against the military services and the security operatives that should have enforced the ban by Kaduna state government. The resources at its disposal means that all the institutions it perceived as threat in its ascendancy to a global terror brand are constantly blackmailed by international NGOs that pretend to uphold human rights. 

Citizens, many of whom had endured years of growing IMN oppression, were definitely at their wits' end. The proscription order was openly flouted by the Shiite sect members who had prior to the order promised to shut down the country with protest for the release of their detained leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Al Zakyzaky. For a group whose so called peaceful processions heralded hell for other citizens no one was willing to have a taste of their violent protests. The fear, justified or not, was that any protests by a group that has been banned will leave behind too many casualties from adherents of other faiths and sects. 

There was no justification for what happened on that violent Wednesday in Kaduna, Funtua, Kano and Jos but it was a disaster that became inevitable. It was the consequence of an IMN that has placed itself above the law enforcement agents while totally forgetting that the various security apparatus derive their powers from the people as enshrined in the constitution. When the sect members deluded themselves into thinking that they are above state institutions the people that empowered these organs simply took the power back and unleashed their fury on what they now know to be an illegal assembly. This is totally wrong. We should never have gotten to this stage. 

We must thus retrace our steps so that each person begin to recognize their bounds as much as they insist on their rights. The right to choice of religion must be tempered by the knowledge that Nigeria is home to more than just Christians and Muslims. When a faithful of either dominant religions wants to act they must acknowledge that others have the right to worship the arrays of indigenous faiths including atheists and agnostics whose freedom must also not be trampled. For each of the belief systems there are variations sometimes expressed as sects such that even atheism has degrees. 

There will be investigations and probes no doubt but even before their reports come out, which will take time, we must again allow the security and military services begin to fully exercise their statutory roles without let to the extent that they adhere to rules of engagement. The culture of kowtowing to foreign conventions that give more rights to religious and sectarian fanatics while limiting the ability of the state to respond to terrorists' threats must stop forthwith. Nigeria remains a secular state with a secular constitution and the institutions that exist to safeguard this constitution must be allowed to do just that. We must never again allow a repeat of the situation where one sect becomes so powerful to the point that other Nigerians are forced to resort to self help. 

A first step in this direction will include a detailed investigation by security agencies into reports that IMN members had fake military and police uniforms with assorted weapons in their possession during the faceoff. The issue of militarization by the Shiite sect is one that must be treated urgently and should not be left till the investigations that would be launched take place. 

IMN must see the violent response to its threat of violence as a final denouncement by the population. The unified response to its misadvised protests under the cover of the annual Ashura procession is a warning that every other person has decided that enough of its excesses.

Sani writes from Abuja.

Shiism And the People's Fury, By David Sani
The fear that several persons and organizations had repeatedly expressed over the growing extremism of the Shiite sect in the country was finally proven on Wednesday October 12, 2016 when sectarian violence left as many as dozen persons dead across several cities in the north. Incidents involving an outlawed group of the sect, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) stretched from Plateau to Sokoto state with Kaduna, Katsina and Kano recording major confrontations. 

Concerns about IMN's propensity for mindless violence first heightened almost a year ago when the now proscribed group reportedly made an attempt on the life of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), LT. Gen. TY Buratai. Naturally, the widespread condemnation of the military response to that threat was in favour of IMN. The lone voices that tried pricking the national conscience to take a holistic view of the sect were mostly shouted down. 


The report from the public hearing of the Kaduna State Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the incident and later a report from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) found that IMN was not what it seemed. Both reports stopped short of naming it as a terror organization – this reluctance to appropriately designate the Shiite radical group is in keeping with the culture of political correctness that allowed Boko Haram to mature into a monster before our very eyes. 

Albeit almost belately, Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, finally marshalled the political will to rely on existing laws and proscribed the IMN which happened to be operating illegally as it was not duly registered. It was also found, as found in the two reports mentioned above, to be radical, confrontational, abridging others' freedom of movement, substantially militarized as well as recruiting and radicalizing youths. 

Unfortunately, years of infiltrating the system and a deep pocket funded by the Islamic Republic of Iran meant that IMN has been able to mount a campaign of calumny against the military services and the security operatives that should have enforced the ban by Kaduna state government. The resources at its disposal means that all the institutions it perceived as threat in its ascendancy to a global terror brand are constantly blackmailed by international NGOs that pretend to uphold human rights. 

Citizens, many of whom had endured years of growing IMN oppression, were definitely at their wits' end. The proscription order was openly flouted by the Shiite sect members who had prior to the order promised to shut down the country with protest for the release of their detained leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Al Zakyzaky. For a group whose so called peaceful processions heralded hell for other citizens no one was willing to have a taste of their violent protests. The fear, justified or not, was that any protests by a group that has been banned will leave behind too many casualties from adherents of other faiths and sects. 

There was no justification for what happened on that violent Wednesday in Kaduna, Funtua, Kano and Jos but it was a disaster that became inevitable. It was the consequence of an IMN that has placed itself above the law enforcement agents while totally forgetting that the various security apparatus derive their powers from the people as enshrined in the constitution. When the sect members deluded themselves into thinking that they are above state institutions the people that empowered these organs simply took the power back and unleashed their fury on what they now know to be an illegal assembly. This is totally wrong. We should never have gotten to this stage. 

We must thus retrace our steps so that each person begin to recognize their bounds as much as they insist on their rights. The right to choice of religion must be tempered by the knowledge that Nigeria is home to more than just Christians and Muslims. When a faithful of either dominant religions wants to act they must acknowledge that others have the right to worship the arrays of indigenous faiths including atheists and agnostics whose freedom must also not be trampled. For each of the belief systems there are variations sometimes expressed as sects such that even atheism has degrees. 

There will be investigations and probes no doubt but even before their reports come out, which will take time, we must again allow the security and military services begin to fully exercise their statutory roles without let to the extent that they adhere to rules of engagement. The culture of kowtowing to foreign conventions that give more rights to religious and sectarian fanatics while limiting the ability of the state to respond to terrorists' threats must stop forthwith. Nigeria remains a secular state with a secular constitution and the institutions that exist to safeguard this constitution must be allowed to do just that. We must never again allow a repeat of the situation where one sect becomes so powerful to the point that other Nigerians are forced to resort to self help. 

A first step in this direction will include a detailed investigation by security agencies into reports that IMN members had fake military and police uniforms with assorted weapons in their possession during the faceoff. The issue of militarization by the Shiite sect is one that must be treated urgently and should not be left till the investigations that would be launched take place. 

IMN must see the violent response to its threat of violence as a final denouncement by the population. The unified response to its misadvised protests under the cover of the annual Ashura procession is a warning that every other person has decided that enough of its excesses.

Sani writes from Abuja.

Nigerians In Uk Take "Prosecute El-Zakyzaky Now" Protest To Commonwealth House In London; See Photos

Nigerians In Uk Take "Prosecute El-Zakyzaky Now" Protest To Commonwealth House In London; See Photos

Nigerians In Uk Take "Prosecute El-Zakyzaky Now" Protest To Commonwealth House In London; See Photos
Nigerians living in the United Kindom on Thursday held a peaceful protest at the Commonwealth building in London, demanding the immediate and speedy prosecution of IMN Leader, Mr Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky by Nigerian authorities. 

The protesters said they decided to protest at the commonwealth because it there are mistakes that the Commonwealth Nations must help Nigeria avoid repeating, adding that ensuring this is not just in the interest of Nigeria but in in the interest of global balance, of which the Commonwealth is part.


Addressing the protest, the Co-ordinator, Joe Mayowa said a great mistake is being made by not prosecuting members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) for their acts of violence against the state and against citizens of Nigeria and Commonwealth nations.

He said such kid gloves which the Nigerian government is treating the IMN scenario is what gave rise to the Boko Haram insurgency.

According to him, the Shiite members have mirrored every single crime committed by Boko Haram in its formative years yet nothing significant have been done to put its members on trial for breaching the peace in manners that resulted in the loss of life.

He said, "It may also not be a mistake, in which case the delay in prosecuting detained IMN leaders could be a silent plea for international backing by the Nigerian government. It is important the world is able to reassure the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that they have the world's support for nipping the growing terror of IMN in the bud.

"A clear message must be sent to the government that the firmness with which it deals with the IMN threat is a matter global interest as any fallout from delay in dealing with the threat posed by the group will affect the whole world.

"The result of several investigations of those events is profound. They all want the prosecution of the IMN leader, Mr Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky and all those that supported him in that insurrection. The Kaduna State Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by Governor Nasir El-Rufai clearly indicted him and recommended him for prosecution. The report of the National Human Rights Commission (NHCR) specifically demanded an immediate trial of El-Zakyzaky and his supporters for causing that injurious breach of the peace."

Mayowa said unfortunately, they have not seen the Nigerian authorities arraign Mr El-Zakyzaky for the crimes committed against the nation.

He said, "We have not seen any of his followers that actively took part in unleashing violence on the Nigerian state being put on trial. What we have seen instead is El-Zakyzaky receiving five star treatment under the guise of be held in "protective custody", he gets the best medical attention and protection that law abiding citizens can ill afford. Ordinary citizens that engage in street fights are dragged before the courts for breaching the peace but someone led his followers with weapons to overrun the streets and he is being feted."

He explained that the delayed prosecution of El-Zakyzaky and those of his members found culpable by the reports has emboldened the IMN who have done everything from threatening from threatening more mayhem to almost implementing the threats under the cover of street protests.

He said in the course of mobilsiing for these so called protests and trek, there are reports that fleeing Boko Haram fighters entered several Nigerian cities under the cover of IMN members, adding that they have also used the period to escalate their avowed commitment to undermining Nigeria's sovereignty with their renewed invitation to the Islamic Republic of Iran to meddle in our internal affairs
Nigerians In Uk Take "Prosecute El-Zakyzaky Now" Protest To Commonwealth House In London; See Photos
Some of the protesters Today At Commonwealth building in London,
demanding the immediate and speedy prosecution of IMN Leader, 
Mr
 Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky by Nigerian authorities. 





Nigerians In Uk Take "Prosecute El-Zakyzaky Now" Protest To Commonwealth House In London; See Photos
Nigerians living in the United Kindom on Thursday held a peaceful protest at the Commonwealth building in London, demanding the immediate and speedy prosecution of IMN Leader, Mr Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky by Nigerian authorities. 

The protesters said they decided to protest at the commonwealth because it there are mistakes that the Commonwealth Nations must help Nigeria avoid repeating, adding that ensuring this is not just in the interest of Nigeria but in in the interest of global balance, of which the Commonwealth is part.


Addressing the protest, the Co-ordinator, Joe Mayowa said a great mistake is being made by not prosecuting members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) for their acts of violence against the state and against citizens of Nigeria and Commonwealth nations.

He said such kid gloves which the Nigerian government is treating the IMN scenario is what gave rise to the Boko Haram insurgency.

According to him, the Shiite members have mirrored every single crime committed by Boko Haram in its formative years yet nothing significant have been done to put its members on trial for breaching the peace in manners that resulted in the loss of life.

He said, "It may also not be a mistake, in which case the delay in prosecuting detained IMN leaders could be a silent plea for international backing by the Nigerian government. It is important the world is able to reassure the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that they have the world's support for nipping the growing terror of IMN in the bud.

"A clear message must be sent to the government that the firmness with which it deals with the IMN threat is a matter global interest as any fallout from delay in dealing with the threat posed by the group will affect the whole world.

"The result of several investigations of those events is profound. They all want the prosecution of the IMN leader, Mr Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky and all those that supported him in that insurrection. The Kaduna State Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by Governor Nasir El-Rufai clearly indicted him and recommended him for prosecution. The report of the National Human Rights Commission (NHCR) specifically demanded an immediate trial of El-Zakyzaky and his supporters for causing that injurious breach of the peace."

Mayowa said unfortunately, they have not seen the Nigerian authorities arraign Mr El-Zakyzaky for the crimes committed against the nation.

He said, "We have not seen any of his followers that actively took part in unleashing violence on the Nigerian state being put on trial. What we have seen instead is El-Zakyzaky receiving five star treatment under the guise of be held in "protective custody", he gets the best medical attention and protection that law abiding citizens can ill afford. Ordinary citizens that engage in street fights are dragged before the courts for breaching the peace but someone led his followers with weapons to overrun the streets and he is being feted."

He explained that the delayed prosecution of El-Zakyzaky and those of his members found culpable by the reports has emboldened the IMN who have done everything from threatening from threatening more mayhem to almost implementing the threats under the cover of street protests.

He said in the course of mobilsiing for these so called protests and trek, there are reports that fleeing Boko Haram fighters entered several Nigerian cities under the cover of IMN members, adding that they have also used the period to escalate their avowed commitment to undermining Nigeria's sovereignty with their renewed invitation to the Islamic Republic of Iran to meddle in our internal affairs
Nigerians In Uk Take "Prosecute El-Zakyzaky Now" Protest To Commonwealth House In London; See Photos
Some of the protesters Today At Commonwealth building in London,
demanding the immediate and speedy prosecution of IMN Leader, 
Mr
 Ibraheem El-Zakyzaky by Nigerian authorities. 






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